Car-coupling



(No Model.)

W. H. PHILLIPS.

GAR COUPLING.

,149. Patented June 21, 1887.

IINTTE STATES ATENT Fries.

vIVILSON HULL PHILLIPS, OF HOAGLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,149, dated June 2]., 1887.

(No model.)

To (I/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILsoN HULL PHILLIPS, citizen of the United States, residing at Hoagland, in the county of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ear-couplin gs; and it consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement ofparts forservice, fully set iorthhereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a coupling attached to a car and embodying my improvements. Fig. 2is a side view of the coupler in a position to couple with an approaching car. Fig. 3 is a front view of the same. Fig. I is a central longitudinal section of the coupler. Fig. 5is aview of a modification. .Fig. 6 is a central section of the same. i

Referring to the drawings by letter, A desig nates the draw-head, having the flared mouth B and the hollow body 0, and D is aspringactuated follower adapted to operate in the said body, and having the forwardly-projecting lateral arms E E, rigidlyseeured to the sides of the said follower and adapted to operate in grooves in the sides of the body, the front ends of the said arms being reduced or sharpened, for a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

G designates a vertically-movable frame comprising the vertical slide-bars H H, adapted to operate in vertical guide-openings in the sides of the said d raw-hcad and the cross-head I at the upper ends of the said rods II, having the upper end of the coupling-pin K, secured to the center thereof and adapted to be received in vertically-aligned openings k k in the upper and lower sides of the said drawhead, near the front end. It will be seen that the said coupling-pin is adapted to move with the sliding frame G,and in the rear sides of the vertical bars H II are formed the notches h It, adapted to receive the forward ends of the lat eral arms E E of the follower, when the said frame, and consequently the coupling-pin, is elevated, as seen in Fig. 2. It is evident,

therefore, that the tendency of the spring of the follower will be to force the said lateral arms into the notches in the vertical bars, and as there is no other support to the said frame G when the end of the link carried by an advancing carstrikes and represses the follower the frame will drop by the force of gravity and the link will be engaged by the pin, as shown in Fig. 1. The lower side of the drawhead opening under the follower is beveled downwardly, as seen at a, and the link guided by the beveled front end of the follower will be depressed when it enters the mouth of the draw-head, and when engaged by the pin the follower will press forwardly and cause the outer end of the link to be held in a proper position to couple-namely, slightly inclined upwardly, as shown in the figures.

L designates a ring formed on the upper side of the cross-head I, adapted to receive the lower end of an uncoupling chain or cord,

M, one arm of which passes directly up to the top of the ear and the other is carried over pulleys m m and conducted to the side of the car within reach of a person on the side.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 I omit the frame 01- and provide a vertical guide-rod, N, secured rigidly at the lower end to the upper side of the draw-head, and form the coupling-pin K with a short forwardlyprojecting arm it, having an opening therein to receive and operate on the said guide-rod.

Instead ofproviding the springactuated follower with the lateral arms E, to engage in notches in the rear sides of the vertical rods II, I provide the upper side of the said follower with the forwardlyprojecting point or tooth 0, adapted to engage the lower reduced end ofthe coupling-pin and hold it in the elevated position. It will be seen that the latter is a simpler form of coupler; but the pin will not engage the link quite so surely as in the former and preferred form, for the reason that the weight in the said former case is an advantage, the entire sliding frame moving with the pin.

The coupler, as described, is a very simple, strong, durable,and effective coupling device, and is so constructed as not to be liable to need repair. It will be observed that the ends of the arms E engage very slightly in the notches in the vertical slide-rods, although sufficiently to insure the frame against falling prematurely, and therefore the moment the IOO front end of the advancing link touches the front end of the follower the pin is released end falls, thus instantly completing the couplng.

Having thus described the construction, operation,and advantages of my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Inaear-coupling, the combination of the draw-head A, grooves in the sides thereof, vertically-aligned openings in the front end, spring-actuated follower in the said head, lateral arms E, having reduced front ends and adapted to operate in the said grooves, vertically-movable frame G, having the guide-bars H H, notches in the said bars, the coupling- -pin carried by the said frame and adapted to .engage in the vertically-aligned openings in thefront end of the head, and the uncoupling cord or chain secured to the upperend of the frame G, and having the arms M M carried,

Witnesses:

R. T. FINDLY, W'M. BEirrrY. 

